Fantasy and Myth in the Anthropocene: Imagining Futures and Dreaming Hope in Literature and Media by Oziewicz, Marek
Fantasy and Myth in the Anthropocene: Imagining Futures and Dreaming Hope in Literature and Media by Oziewicz, Marek

Fantasy and Myth in the Anthropocene: Imagining Futures and Dreaming Hope in Literature and Media

The first study to look at the intersection of the discourse of the Anthropocene within the two...
CHF 73.83
CHF 73.83
SKU: 9781350204164
Product Type: Books
Please hurry! Only 0 left in stock
Author: Marek Oziewicz
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Subtotal: CHF 73.83
10 customers are viewing this product
Fantasy and Myth in the Anthropocene: Imagining Futures and Dreaming Hope in Literature and Media by Oziewicz, Marek

Fantasy and Myth in the Anthropocene: Imagining Futures and Dreaming Hope in Literature and Media

CHF 73.83
Fantasy and Myth in the Anthropocene: Imagining Futures and Dreaming Hope in Literature and Media by Oziewicz, Marek

Fantasy and Myth in the Anthropocene: Imagining Futures and Dreaming Hope in Literature and Media

CHF 73.83
Author: Marek Oziewicz
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

The first study to look at the intersection of the discourse of the Anthropocene within the two highly influential storytelling modes of fantasy and myth, this book shows the need for stories that articulate visions of a biocentric, ecological civilization. Fantasy and myth have long been humanity's most advanced technologies for collective dreaming. Today they are helping us adopt a biocentric lens, re-kin us with other forms of life, and assist us in the transition to an ecological civilization. Deliberately moving away from dystopian narratives toward anticipatory imaginations of sustainable futures, this volume blends chapters by top scholars in the fields of fantasy, myth, and Young Adult literature with personal reflections by award-winning authors and illustrators of books for young audiences, including Shaun Tan, Jane Yolen, Katherine Applegate and Joseph Bruchac.

Chapters cover the works of major fantasy authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, Terry Prachett, J. K. Rowling, China Miéville, Barbara Henderson, Jeanette Winterson, John Crowley, Richard Powers, George R. R. Martin and Kim Stanley Robinson. They range through narratives set in the UK, USA, Nigeria, Ghana, Pacific Islands, New Zealand and Australia. Across the chapters, fantasy and myth are framed as spaces where visions of sustainable futures can be designed with most detail and nuance. Rather than merely criticizing the ecocidal status quo, the book asks how mythic narratives and fantastic stories can mobilize resistance around ideas necessary for the emergence of an ecological civilization.

Author: Marek Oziewicz
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 04/14/2022
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.60w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781350204164

About the Author

Marek Oziewicz is Professor of Literacy Education and Sidney and Marguerite Henry Professor of Children's and Young Adult Literature at the College of Education and Human Development, Universty of Minnesota - Twin Cities, USA. He is the author of One Earth, One People (2008), which won the 2010 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth and Fantasy Studies; Justice in Young Adult Speculative Fiction (2015); and 5 co-edited collections, and over 50 articles and book chapters.

Brian Attebery is Professor of English at Idaho State University, USA and Editor or the Journal of the Fantastic in Art. His publications include Stories about Stories: Fantasy and the Remaking of Myth (2019) and Ursula K. Le Guin: Always Coming Home (2019). In 2019 he was Leverhulme Visiting Professor of Fantasy at the University of Glasgow.

Tereza Dedinová is Assistant Professor in the Department of Czech Literature, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. She has published on theory of the fantastic from the cognitive perspective, on the representation of the actual world in fantasy, and on the Czech fantastika.
Shipping & Return

Returns Policy

You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the "Complete Orders" link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.

Shipping

We can ship to virtually any address in the world. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations.

When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.

Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight-based. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.

Review

Related Products

Example product title
CHF 73.83
CHF 73.83
Example product title
CHF 73.83
CHF 73.83
Example product title
CHF 73.83
CHF 73.83
Example product title
CHF 73.83
CHF 73.83
Example product title
CHF 73.83
CHF 73.83
Example product title
CHF 73.83
CHF 73.83
Example product title
CHF 73.83
CHF 73.83
Example product title
CHF 73.83
CHF 73.83
Example product title
CHF 73.83
CHF 73.83
Example product title
CHF 73.83
CHF 73.83

Recently Viewed Products